懂中文 Dong Chinese

妊

rèn

conceive

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 壬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 姙.

Components
女 meaning component

女  Meaning component

nǚ, rǔ

  

woman

壬 sound component

壬  Sound component

rén

  

9th heavenly stem

Evolution

妊 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
妊 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
妊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
妊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

妊  

rèn

conceive, be pregnant; pregnant; pregnancy

妊 (姙) 

rèn

variant of 妊[rèn]

Most common words with 妊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

妊娠

pregnancy

妊

pregnant

妊妇

expecting mother

怀妊

gestation